The wait is over for Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton incoming senior Andrew Daschbach.

A three-sport athlete, Daschbach has verbally committed to play baseball at Stanford. Daschbach”s father, Mark, is a Stanford alum.

“I grew up next door to Stanford watching football games and going to their baseball camps,” said Daschbach, a resident of Atherton. “They are some of my favorite memories. I watched John Mayberry Jr. and other great baseball players come through there. They were my idols.”

Daschbach, a tight end/defensive end for the Gators” Central Coast Section Open Division title team in 2014, turned down several Division I offers to play football and baseball at the collegiate level. Not only that, he is a 6 handicap on the golf course and was recruited to play Division I lacrosse.

“My focus is on baseball, but I will see how this football season goes,” said Daschbach, whose Gators begin practice on Friday. “Stanford has had several dual-sport athletes over the years, like Toby Gerhart and Tyler Gaffney. I”m not ruling out playing both football and baseball at Stanford.”

Daschbach will continue to play football, basketball and baseball at SHP.

“There is less chance for burnout playing three sports,” Daschbach said. “I”m not the type of guy who likes to hit off a tee all year-round. I enjoy building bonds with teammates.”

Daschbach was at his second Area Code Games last week in Long Beach. In five games playing for a Northern California team, Daschbach was 3-for-7 after a 3-for-6 effort a year ago.

His biggest thrill was competing in the Home Run Derby on Aug. 6. Daschbach was matched up against Blake Rutherford, the No. 3 recruit in the nation out of Chaminade College Prep in West Hills. Daschbach”s pitcher was former major leaguer Jermaine Clark.

Daschbach and Rutherford each hit 14 home runs, prompting an overtime session. Daschbach then hit three homers to Rutherford”s four. Rutherford is verbally committed to UCLA, but is a likely first-round pick in the MLB draft in 2016.

“It was a great experience to compete in the Home Run Derby,” Daschbach said. “The whole week was special, playing in front of hundreds of scouts.”

Daschbach this week is visiting his older sister, Sarah, who lives in New York City. Sarah Daschbach is a senior captain on the Princeton women”s volleyball team. On Wednesday, they visited Central Park, taking in the zoo.

“Seeing New York City is a great way to wrap up my summer,” Daschbach said. “It”s like in the movies, like ”Batman,” only it”s real.”

It”s back to reality for Daschbach when the Gators open football practice on Friday.

“It”s tough to follow last year”s act,” said Daschbach, who plans to study economics at Stanford. “We have big shoes to fill, but we should be all right with Mason Randall at quarterback, Nick O”Donnell at wide receiver and Cameron Dulsky at defensive end. We”ll be hungry. We know we”ll have a target on our backs, but we”ll use that for motivation.”